Prescott show secures Bracknell RFC the points

Bracknell winger Stuart MacKay has a try ruled out against Weston-super-Mare after he was deemed to have carried the ball out of play during the build up. (Image: Mike Englefield)

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Bracknell 17 Weston-super-Mare 14

Rory Greenslade-Jones was full of praise for Liam Prescott after the fly-half scored all 17 points for Bracknell during their SSE National League 3 South West victory over Weston-super-Mare on Saturday.

The summer arrival from London Irish ran in a first-half try and kicked over four penalties as the Lily Hill men recovered from the disappointment at Redingensians the previous weekend to defeat a side considered by many to be among the favourites for honours this season.

Prescott won the game with a confidently struck last-ditch penalty on the far right touchline on the edge of the visitors 22.

Greenwood-Jones said: “Liam is a very good player and has been a good acquisition.

“He is good with ball in hand, is a very good defensive player and a very good goal-kicker – even if he did miss a conversion in front of the posts.

“He had a match-winning kick and stepped up to the plate.

“We could have gone for the corner as they were under-strength in the pack at the time as they were dropping like flies, but Liam said he wanted it and slotted it over without a shadow of a doubt.

“He helps the team tick.”

A patched-up home side who fell behind to an early James Mackay penalty took the lead when Prescott ran unopposed past the posts – but inexplicably missed the conversion from a matter of yards.

Weston full-back Harvey Skelton scored a fine unconverted try in the far right hand corner following good work from Mackay to edge his side in front – only to see Prescott level matters before half-time with a penalty.

He and opposite number Prescott both traded two set-pieces each after the break before the latter won it with a late penalty awarded for offside.

“We have worked hard on our conditioning for the last two years and pride ourselves on being, hopefully, one of the fittest teams in the league, said Greenslade-Jones.

“We managed to absorb all the forward dominance then, as soon as the time was right, we were able to put our foot on the gas, move forward, impose ourselves on the game and grind out a result.”